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ambassador to nato, as well as other places. thank you, both, very much. nick, first to you. what did you hear today that would make anything any different in one of these outposts going forward? these are countries that cannot provide host government security. we are not budgeting the money for, certainly, not for marines and military security, and, in fact, this outpost in benghazi was basically an intelligence listening post where we didn't want to have a huge garrison. >> i heard a lot of the republican bickering from the campaign, because benghazi fell in the middle of the campaign between president obama and governor romney, and you heard residues of that this morning. i certainly understand that the republicans in the congress have an obligation to ask tough questions, but secretary clinton was forthcoming today, she took responsibility. she said she'd implement every single one of the recommendations of the accountability review board, and i thought she made a very good suggestion, let's work, the administration and congress, more effectively together on two areas. on
ambassador to nato, as well as other places. thank you, both, very much. nick, first to you. what did you hear today that would make anything any different in one of these outposts going forward? these are countries that cannot provide host government security. we are not budgeting the money for, certainly, not for marines and military security, and, in fact, this outpost in benghazi was basically an intelligence listening post where we didn't want to have a huge garrison. >> i heard a...
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marine general john allen is back on track to become supreme commander of nato forces in europe. white house officials said today his nomination is no longer on hold. that's after the pentagon inspector general cleared allen of any wrongdoing in e-mail exchanges with a tampa, florida woman. allen steps down as overall coalition commander in afghanistan next month. the air force's top general vowed today to put an end to sexual misconduct within the service. figures for 2012 show some 800 reported incidents. many of the cases stemmed from a scandal at lackland air force base near san antonio. an investigation there found 32 instructors allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with nearly 60 female service members. at a house hearing, the air force chief of staff general mark welsh called the numbers appalling. >> there is no way we can allow this to happen again. the air force goal for sexual assault is not simply to lower the number. the goal is zero. it's the only acceptable objective. the impact on every victim, their family, their friends, the other people in their unit is heart
marine general john allen is back on track to become supreme commander of nato forces in europe. white house officials said today his nomination is no longer on hold. that's after the pentagon inspector general cleared allen of any wrongdoing in e-mail exchanges with a tampa, florida woman. allen steps down as overall coalition commander in afghanistan next month. the air force's top general vowed today to put an end to sexual misconduct within the service. figures for 2012 show some 800...
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with terror these are death squads who targeted the heritage of mali and the mining people and then nato have wanted these people to actually to draw in our jewry or so this is what happened and this is a direct consequence in french and the british are bombing these death squads so so to them stop them going southwards but for them to go northwards into algeria and that's what's happened with libyan work or weapons this whole situation is crystal clear in my opinion or adam elliot cooper the associate editor of a ceasefire magazine suggests that france may have a vested interest in expanding its intervention in north africa. france has like to have a lot of military presence in its colonies far more than britain and i think the second thing would be favorable terms of trade. natural resources they're attempting to militarize huge ships of africa so they want to monopolize access to this to the resources that you radiate is francisco you many people say it's a huge part of it's a huge factor in its economy and it's something that not only mildly but specifically niger and other neighbori
with terror these are death squads who targeted the heritage of mali and the mining people and then nato have wanted these people to actually to draw in our jewry or so this is what happened and this is a direct consequence in french and the british are bombing these death squads so so to them stop them going southwards but for them to go northwards into algeria and that's what's happened with libyan work or weapons this whole situation is crystal clear in my opinion or adam elliot cooper the...
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i think britain's interest is in having stability on the if you like the southern florida flank of nato just across the mediterranean from from western europe. i don't accept these conspiracy theories about minerals i think it's really about knowing that we're we have we have stable neighbors stable neighbors but at the same time britain openly backs rebels who are known to have sort of attachments to al qaeda and other is islamist groups there so where then is the consistency. sort of what rebel groups are those in syria. yes yes well if i say reading anything it was more of a geo political in terms of security and not resources so where then why yes in syria no in syria and mali well i think it's a different story this is not. an al-qaeda linked islam a stop arising in syria it's ordinary people who want a different life they want to be rid of a tyrant. in charge of them and this will solve itself apparently without any intervention from the outside i think the story in mali is completely different this is foreign intervention by the al-qaeda linked terrorists themselves this is not j
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but we don't leave nato because it's in our national interest to stay and benefit from its collective defense guarantee. we have more power and influence, whether in the meeting sanctions against iran or syria, or promoting democracy in burma, if we can act togeth together. if we leave the eu, we cannot of course leave europe. they will remain for many years our biggest market, and forever our geographical neighborhood. we are tied by a complex web of legal -- a complex web of legal commitments. hundreds of thousands of british people now take for granted the right to work, live or retire in any other eu country. even if we pulled out completely, decisions made in the eu would continue to have a profound effect on our country. but we would have lost all our remaining vetoes and our voice in those decisions. we would need to weigh up very carefully the consequences of no longer being inside the eu and its single market, as a full member. continued access to the single market is vital as i said, absolutely vital for british people and for british jobs. since 2004 britain has been the de
but we don't leave nato because it's in our national interest to stay and benefit from its collective defense guarantee. we have more power and influence, whether in the meeting sanctions against iran or syria, or promoting democracy in burma, if we can act togeth together. if we leave the eu, we cannot of course leave europe. they will remain for many years our biggest market, and forever our geographical neighborhood. we are tied by a complex web of legal -- a complex web of legal...
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the libya crisis happened i don't hear many most of these voices talking anything about denouncing nato operation in libya since february twentieth eleven but libya was sandwiched by the regime change in tunisia in egypt on the one hand and that created facilitator the nato operation because gadhafi was isolated with the fall of libya and let's be very clear it's all on record in the mainstream jamestown foundation sources have said that the twenty six who fled after the fall of gadhafi you fought a lot who worked for the n.p.c. french intelligence told them to go to northern mali and destabilize mali and the coup leader in mali who overthrew the civilian government it's on record again on the jamestown foundation website that he was trained by the u.s. and french intelligence services and so not only was my money destabilized and what with terror these courts and so-called your hobbies they're not your hobby if your heart is an honorable obligation to fight against oppression these are death squads who targeted the heritage of mali and the margin people and then nato have wanted these
the libya crisis happened i don't hear many most of these voices talking anything about denouncing nato operation in libya since february twentieth eleven but libya was sandwiched by the regime change in tunisia in egypt on the one hand and that created facilitator the nato operation because gadhafi was isolated with the fall of libya and let's be very clear it's all on record in the mainstream jamestown foundation sources have said that the twenty six who fled after the fall of gadhafi you...
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. >> late last year, turkey asked nato for a missile defense system. the pieces of that system came off of the boat from germany. >> the military equipment is now in turkey and not far from the border in syria and the organization insists that the hardware stays in this country. nato says that they are not crossing the border to get directly involved in the conflict in syria. -- >> germany and the u.s. have agreed to send patriot missiles to germany. -- >> our mission is to protect the town, are ranged between nato and the turkish allies, so i don't see any involvement in any offensive action, that is not what we're here for. >> turkey insists that they can handle the rest of their defense. the war is just on the other side of the fence. the patriots will stop missiles, but they won't stop the more immediate threat of the stray bullets, but still, turkey wants the hardware. they are taking every measure to keep the country save. the patriots are expected to be operational by the start of next month. -- >> thousands of musicians marched down pennsylvani
. >> late last year, turkey asked nato for a missile defense system. the pieces of that system came off of the boat from germany. >> the military equipment is now in turkey and not far from the border in syria and the organization insists that the hardware stays in this country. nato says that they are not crossing the border to get directly involved in the conflict in syria. -- >> germany and the u.s. have agreed to send patriot missiles to germany. -- >> our mission is...
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turkey requested the patriots from nato to defend itself against possible spillover from the ongoing conflict in syria. >> in another story, russian president vladimir putin has offered aid to lebanon as the country struggles to deal with an influx of refugees from neighboring syria. >> in a meeting with the lebanese president, putin said russia had offered financial and humanitarian aid to help deal with the crisis. the head of the african union has called on germany to increase its contribution to the french-led military mission in mali. >> so far, germany's involvement has been limited to providing air transport for african forces heading into mali. merkel has also not promise to provide equipment for those troops. >> a warm welcome for the president of the military honors were cancelled due to the biting cold. then it was ripe for talks with the chancellor. both were concerned about the situation in mali. >> germany is engaged in the logistics of moving troops, but it is also about equipment and training mali's military. the president has expressed the urgency of this in terms of
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actions we're going to go now that because the french are currently securing support from more and more nato members we just mentioned calendar as well is it basically saying that the situation in mali is too big for them to handle and this is going to go on longer than they originally thought it i think again they know that this is going to be a long drawn out war but they don't say that to their people because it doesn't win support so hollande says oh it's just going to be a few weeks it's nonsense it's going to be a long drawn out war but again they're hoping that the instability will spread actually and they're hoping it will spread to algeria because it is the last independent anti clonal state in left in north africa has already spread to because obviously they're saying what happened then in mali what happened in algeria is a result of what happened in mali is there definitely a connection there because some are saying this this hostage crisis was actually planned long before what happened in mali. well it may have been planned before but mali operation gave the opportunity for it to
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concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of the cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is completely anachronistic there appear to be historical cultural and economic reasons why some germans feel less sovereignty is disappearing and for a group of lawyers getting ready for their legal battle with the european central plank twenty thirty look set to be an important year and what they see is the fight to return german rule to the german people peter all over r.t. . now another round of nuclear talks another failure to make a breakthrough u.n. inspectors have again come away empty handed from iran unable to revive an investigation into tehran's alleged nuclear weapons research program and more discussions are shared your for next month while the talks drag on the western imposed sanctions are hitting average iranians hard as an international has been finding out. the u
concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of the cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is completely anachronistic there appear to be historical cultural and economic reasons why some germans feel less sovereignty is disappearing and for a group of lawyers getting ready...
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is that this threat is being used as a smokescreen for the recall of my ization along in africa by nato forces by products britain the us do you think that's why we're seeing the ignoring of the rise of al-qaeda or say in syria. absolutely because of course one of the biggest myths in international relations is that the western powers are implacably opposed to ok the last twenty thirty years and not what they will use they will use the ok to threaten some circumstances intervening a great country like afghanistan but elsewhere they would actually. militants to actually topple check you know regimes like the one in syria and in libya and so what it's going to frankenstein's monster and of course we'll get back to afghanistan in the one nine hundred eighty s. and ok radical islamic groups were used by the west to help tackle the red army from afghanistan to help them if the red army in afghanistan and that's all part of the policy i think you mentioned that you think that these are part of a bigger picture about the real colonization of africa how far do you think the british involvement
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at these connections and not divorce them something already touched upon the fact that many blaming nato backing that may be in revolt for what's happening in the region what are the chances of all this returning to wreak even more havoc there in libya. well it's also important you know the libya was not a revolution a year ago it was far from it and what it was was it was a nato in a joint venture with a proxy guerilla force that did also include foreign fighters and military out that from possibly some of the gulf states like could talk are look the situation needs to be looked at as historical context so the i believe that what happened in benghazi there are there are rumors that were floating around recently that x. could off the chemical weapons box were being shipped over to syria and were going to be used to blame assad for using chemical weapons and always we saw retraction out of the able to the u.s. consulate in istanbul only a few weeks ago that was trying to retract from that story they would seem to be going forward with before christmas and also need to come back so ok that
at these connections and not divorce them something already touched upon the fact that many blaming nato backing that may be in revolt for what's happening in the region what are the chances of all this returning to wreak even more havoc there in libya. well it's also important you know the libya was not a revolution a year ago it was far from it and what it was was it was a nato in a joint venture with a proxy guerilla force that did also include foreign fighters and military out that from...
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working closely with the libyan islamic fighting group for whom france intervened on behalf of the nato this intervention with the bombing in libya in their gallant raid of two thousand and eleven so libya's becoming an al-qaeda playground and that is mostly down to western sponsored al-qaeda playground if you look back just in the last twelve months so what now patrick how do you deal with the consequence of what you see as a mistake with that libyan intervention how do you deal with it france is saying that they're trying to prevent mali becoming a terrorist state so you've got to do something haven't you and isn't the military operation the right thing to do. well it's really what's really unusual but really disturbing right now is that without any question without any really debate in foreign policy circles countries one of the united states the u.k. and france are now militarily active in the african theater in a very deep fashion and this is very disturbing you know what you see here is it's not politically tenable for the u.s. or for british to intervene directly militarily so th
working closely with the libyan islamic fighting group for whom france intervened on behalf of the nato this intervention with the bombing in libya in their gallant raid of two thousand and eleven so libya's becoming an al-qaeda playground and that is mostly down to western sponsored al-qaeda playground if you look back just in the last twelve months so what now patrick how do you deal with the consequence of what you see as a mistake with that libyan intervention how do you deal with it france...
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activities come in over the border suggests that perhaps some nato countries might be helping the al qaeda group or to get military weapons and to create the causes believe that justifies the nato intervention i think i think we're seeing a very cynical game being played out here in mali and it's a very dangerous one what africa's suddenly becoming a continent that should have been discovered by china by the u.s. by europe and the rest of the world as the place where the untold blue wealth and resources can be and we capture other unpublished as have william and all live with us on the line from frankfurt thank you very much for your analysis this hour thank you well we want to know what you think the fallout from the algeria hostage crisis could be had on to our web site r.t. dot com and let us know what you think let's take a look at what the numbers are so far today how do you think that the islamists will in fact join forces and as kool-aid the conflict in north africa around a third believe it will lead to a large scale nato led bomb campaign perhaps something similar to what we
activities come in over the border suggests that perhaps some nato countries might be helping the al qaeda group or to get military weapons and to create the causes believe that justifies the nato intervention i think i think we're seeing a very cynical game being played out here in mali and it's a very dangerous one what africa's suddenly becoming a continent that should have been discovered by china by the u.s. by europe and the rest of the world as the place where the untold blue wealth and...
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nato forces really want to get involved well. depends upon who you're talking about in those governments in those populations while it's illegal alien now yeah might be only news that actually there is there's a feeling probably among the foreign policy people that if you don't intervene in this situation you're going to you know this thing's going to spread throughout all of west africa and there's a lot of economic investment in that area and so you want to stop it now the populations the general populations in terms of france and italy and elsewhere will go along with this and it's typical if it's quick and if it's in a lot of casualties i think that's one of the reasons they're trying to force this i guess the flip side though to that argument the worry rather to that argument is that it could ramp up the tensions even further in mali because the islamists say if france goes in if france continues to do this they're going to get even even more heated and they going to fight back even stronger. well that's true but you know. t
nato forces really want to get involved well. depends upon who you're talking about in those governments in those populations while it's illegal alien now yeah might be only news that actually there is there's a feeling probably among the foreign policy people that if you don't intervene in this situation you're going to you know this thing's going to spread throughout all of west africa and there's a lot of economic investment in that area and so you want to stop it now the populations the...
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nato and others in order to do that. i can't go into those today because i'm not read in on them yet. i'm not briefed in on exactly what those contingencies are. i know they are making them and they are deeply concerned about it. >> should we feel some confidence that russia and china might join into an international effort on chemical weapons should there be concerns about what happens to those weapons? >> i can't tell you whether or not -- again, i just don't know about the details of the plans. i do know that they have expressed public concerns about that, and in fact i do know there were conversations with the russians when the first indicators took place about the potential of movement. and the russians apparently were deeply concerned and may also weighed in at that time. i think there is a serious concern everywhere that those weapons not fall into the wrong hands. . the senator mentioned the good work you did on the committee, one of the efforts of this administration has been to promote business advocacy abroad
nato and others in order to do that. i can't go into those today because i'm not read in on them yet. i'm not briefed in on exactly what those contingencies are. i know they are making them and they are deeply concerned about it. >> should we feel some confidence that russia and china might join into an international effort on chemical weapons should there be concerns about what happens to those weapons? >> i can't tell you whether or not -- again, i just don't know about the...
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to be -- you know -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> the united states pays more than two-thirds of the nato budget so we have a lion's share of influence. the money paid to save the germans and french backpackers, that trend has continued. now we have encouraged -- our allies have encouraged this industry by rewarding it with money, and instead of reacting -- using other means. >> michael: of course it is going to continue if it has worked. i want to ask you as someone who has a degree of expertise in this, where do you see this going now? and what would america's role be? on the ground, with drones? what is your take on that. >> i don't think there's any reason to put american boots on the ground in algeria or anywhere else. but generally what the united states has that is superior to france or any of our nato allies is technical intelligence capabilities. satellites and drones and such. and any of our allies who are active in the fight against terrorism there. algeria has been a safe haven for a number of radical it listen-only modic groups. and they are sort of using it as an extension o
to be -- you know -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> the united states pays more than two-thirds of the nato budget so we have a lion's share of influence. the money paid to save the germans and french backpackers, that trend has continued. now we have encouraged -- our allies have encouraged this industry by rewarding it with money, and instead of reacting -- using other means. >> michael: of course it is going to continue if it has worked. i want to ask you as someone who has a degree...
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for more on the nato intervention in mali let's talk to north an expert writing on the middle east tariq ali. we are getting those reports of the first evidence split in the ranks of the islam is some of them saying they are ready to fight against extremism so is that a sign that the nato intervention is succeeding look affectively was taking place in mali for many years was in the north of mali so where a minority of the country. the trireme people who have been demanding their own state. for a long long time and the people leading the tourists were secular they were nationalists and they were assisted by the corrupt governments in mali backed by france all felt that the unity of the concrete was absolutely vital whereas if they had suggested of confederation of two states it would have worked better this is mean carrying on for some time then it's given an extra boost when nato goes in occupies libya after a six month bombing campaign and the people they've bought in part. from the libyan army kicked out of iraq for consul to our eggs find their way back home with libyan weaponry and t
for more on the nato intervention in mali let's talk to north an expert writing on the middle east tariq ali. we are getting those reports of the first evidence split in the ranks of the islam is some of them saying they are ready to fight against extremism so is that a sign that the nato intervention is succeeding look affectively was taking place in mali for many years was in the north of mali so where a minority of the country. the trireme people who have been demanding their own state. for...
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the looming nato troops withdrawal from afghanistan over the number of detainees to be freed and where they'll be released remains unclear venezuela's president hugo chavez is reportedly been moved from a hospital in cuba where he was receiving cancer treatment to a secret location is rumored to now be in a bunker a specially built for former cuban leader fidel castro it's apparently to avoid leaks to the media about travis's health and in preparation for him to return home now the ailing leader has not been seen since his latest cancer surgery in mid december and missed his own inauguration ceremony. well how better to tone for the excesses of the holiday than a naked plunge into ice cold water it's a pity for orthodox christians on a day for a breathtaking did it in line with century old traditions our correspondent peter all over has been enjoying the full experience let's have a look. winter temperatures commonly fall below minus fifteen celsius in the russian capital perfect conditions for a swim say this lot they are part of a group who refer to themselves as a walrus club and th
the looming nato troops withdrawal from afghanistan over the number of detainees to be freed and where they'll be released remains unclear venezuela's president hugo chavez is reportedly been moved from a hospital in cuba where he was receiving cancer treatment to a secret location is rumored to now be in a bunker a specially built for former cuban leader fidel castro it's apparently to avoid leaks to the media about travis's health and in preparation for him to return home now the ailing...
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of a heavy air campaign against al qaeda linked groups also receive the just tickle support from its nato allies while the e.u. is prepared to send hundreds of military personnel to train the modern army political analyst patrick henningsen says its business interests which france is actually trying to safeguard with its troops and force. well in the mainstream media will tell you in the short term that the the islamic al-qaeda and the islamic magreb is is to blame for this really with regards to the hostage situation the jury but what france and what your other news competitors are neglecting to tell the world is that the al qaeda in the islamic magreb is working closely with the libyan islamic fighting group for whom france itself intervened on behalf of a nato this intervention with the bombing in libya in their gallant raid of libya in two thousand and eleven so libya's becoming how kind of a playground and that is mostly down to western sponsored al-qaeda playground if you look back just in the last twelve months without any question without any really debate in foreign policy circle
of a heavy air campaign against al qaeda linked groups also receive the just tickle support from its nato allies while the e.u. is prepared to send hundreds of military personnel to train the modern army political analyst patrick henningsen says its business interests which france is actually trying to safeguard with its troops and force. well in the mainstream media will tell you in the short term that the the islamic al-qaeda and the islamic magreb is is to blame for this really with regards...
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training them president obama met with president karzai earlier this month to hammer out the details of nato troop withdrawals in two thousand and fourteen but we'll have to see how that actually plays out in future terms next up energy independence during his first inaugural address president obama stressed the importance of alternative energy his commitment to u.s. energy independence was reiterated today. the past towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult but america cannot resist this transition we must lead it we cannot see the other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries we must claim its promise that's how we will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure. plus far the president hasn't really practiced what he's preached the cylinder of scandal is the most visible result of his failed inner g. policies wherein a solar power company went bankrupt losing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars in the form of grants president obama has successfully put thousands of acres of land on the auction block so that compani
training them president obama met with president karzai earlier this month to hammer out the details of nato troop withdrawals in two thousand and fourteen but we'll have to see how that actually plays out in future terms next up energy independence during his first inaugural address president obama stressed the importance of alternative energy his commitment to u.s. energy independence was reiterated today. the past towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult but...
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. >> suarez: you've got a nato partner in france fighting against a guerrilla army in mali. it's not an easy task, is it? >> not at all. from a logistical standpoint i thought the itn reporter was spot on when she talked about the logistical issues that are inherent in any kind of war, but they are particularly in hernt in one where the climate is difficult, where the terrain is almost impossible and where you're really not used to configureing your forces in a way that allows you to move rapidly in this kind of terrain. it's very much adown the american southwest and it is a very, very difficult area not only from the standpoint of things like temperature and mountains and things of that nature, it's the nature of the terrain that makes it very difficult to move from one point to another. >> suarez: we've been covering the fight in mali over the last several days but algeria hasn't been in the news for a long time. what's the state of play there? who's running the place? >> there's a government in algeria, it's one that probably we would describe as formerly a republic but
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white house said it will move forward with general allen's nomination to become the next commander of nato. fighting fires always dangerous and when you are trying to do it in the brutal cold, it can be much tougher. would you look at that? we'll show you how chicago firefighters went up against one of the largest fires they have seen in years in impossible conditions. aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u.s. postal service. we'll even drop off boxes if you need them. visit usps.com pay, print, and have it picked up for free. any time of year. ♪ nice sweater. thank you. ♪ >> fox weather alert, 36 degrees below zero. that was the temperature this morning in northern maine, so cold that if you poured a glass of water out the window, the meteorologists say it would likely freeze before it hit the ground. the bitter weather there part of antarctic blast that was teeth shattering chattering down the new york coast. here in new york city it's expected to be the coldest week in five years. that's causing some real problems for victims of super storm sandy. b
white house said it will move forward with general allen's nomination to become the next commander of nato. fighting fires always dangerous and when you are trying to do it in the brutal cold, it can be much tougher. would you look at that? we'll show you how chicago firefighters went up against one of the largest fires they have seen in years in impossible conditions. aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u.s. postal service. we'll even drop off boxes if you...
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. >> reporter: the land nato liberated from moammar gadhafi is now home to multiple training camps for potential terrorists. >> islamist militants sympathetic to al qaeda have established safe havens in several parts of libya. >> reporter: benghazi, where americans were targeted and four killed is just one of the strongholds, but the camps are spread throughout the country. libyan officials tell cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank. >> amongst those numbers are people with direct connections to al qaeda. >> three training camps in the desert near the algerian border. that's only 30 miles from the gas complex that's still under siege. a u.s. official tells cnn the militants who seized american hostages likely crossed that border to carry out their attack. >> libya is a lesson in what the international community can achieve. >> reporter: president obama called the limited operation in libya is recipe for the future. >> not single u.s. troop was on the ground. >> reporter: but that lightfoot print left room for others to step in. ayman al zawahiri, al qaeda's leader in 2011, dispatched
. >> reporter: the land nato liberated from moammar gadhafi is now home to multiple training camps for potential terrorists. >> islamist militants sympathetic to al qaeda have established safe havens in several parts of libya. >> reporter: benghazi, where americans were targeted and four killed is just one of the strongholds, but the camps are spread throughout the country. libyan officials tell cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank. >> amongst those numbers are people...
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the united states and greece have been nato allies for sixty years. greece's defense expenditures will likely drastically reduced because of the crisis you've been describing here. how do you see them contributing to the international security in the years ahead? thank you. >>if i understand you correctly how greece can contribute to europe. for a stability for -- for most stability. greece is a country that finds itself or that borders countries that are in a state of flux. it is a country that the european union and nato from our perspective is that greece needs to be bridge of friendship and stability in the area. of course, greece cannot face and solve a series of issues all alone. as you mentioned earlier, which have other causes, the irrespective to greece and that harm stability not only in the region but the on worldwide scale. greece could help and contribute within the framework of the organizations to which it belongs. in order for -- in order to believe the crisis in the areas, a major issue that is of concern to us in recent times what is
the united states and greece have been nato allies for sixty years. greece's defense expenditures will likely drastically reduced because of the crisis you've been describing here. how do you see them contributing to the international security in the years ahead? thank you. >>if i understand you correctly how greece can contribute to europe. for a stability for -- for most stability. greece is a country that finds itself or that borders countries that are in a state of flux. it is a...
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he was not from nato command or the eastern regional command. he was not -- i mean, why was this elite force operating in kicking in doors of farmers? the mystery that begins the investigation. >> and you take this back to the united states and show at mcraven, a photograph. >> after we learned this figure, william mcraven, was a leader of this great, our fellow sort of -- this journey was like pulling on the tale of an elephant behind a hidden wall. you're pulling on it and the cracks start to show what is behind the wall and you realize this is part of a much bigger story. that kicked off a journey that took us to elsewhere. for us, just this incredible looking glass moment happened when osama bin laden was killed. all of the sudden, everybody is talking about jsoc. it is everywhere. we spent so much time embedded in the story when there were so but little been written about it except a small circle of journalists. and all of the seven people whose journey we have been tracking have become national -- all of this sudden, people whose journey w
he was not from nato command or the eastern regional command. he was not -- i mean, why was this elite force operating in kicking in doors of farmers? the mystery that begins the investigation. >> and you take this back to the united states and show at mcraven, a photograph. >> after we learned this figure, william mcraven, was a leader of this great, our fellow sort of -- this journey was like pulling on the tale of an elephant behind a hidden wall. you're pulling on it and the...
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money to nato. i think there's some defining moments coming for europe relative to the future of nato, and relative to the transatlantic relationship in dealing with this whole range of issues going all across south of europe and it's going have a direct effect on that. there's a day of reckoning coming. i wish i could be more optimistic about it. we see what the fiscal constraints are in the austerity that is being imposed, and they're going literally have to come the point where they have some tough decisions to make. because the u.s. simply not going to be there at the level and the presence and the protection they're used to and have relied oned in the past. >> [inaudible] i would your legacy. >> it's nice to sea see you. >> thank you, senator for coming and more than thirty years of service in your country. you're on the energy and resources committee also, we are continuing to send almost $400 billion a year overseas to buy oil, and your colleague senator lugar, for a long time has told us tha
money to nato. i think there's some defining moments coming for europe relative to the future of nato, and relative to the transatlantic relationship in dealing with this whole range of issues going all across south of europe and it's going have a direct effect on that. there's a day of reckoning coming. i wish i could be more optimistic about it. we see what the fiscal constraints are in the austerity that is being imposed, and they're going literally have to come the point where they have...
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taking money into nato. there are some in the fighting moments coming read this have to the future of nato and the transatlantic relationship in dealing with this range of issues going all across the south of europe that has a direct effect on them. there's a day of reckoning. i wish i could be more optimistic on it. we all see what the fiscal constraints are in the austerity being proposed. they are going to have to come to the point with some tough decisions to make because the u.s. is not going to be there at the level land presence and protection that they are used to and have relied on in the past. >> mr. mcfarland. >> our budget legacy -- nice to see you. >> thank you for coming. more than 30 years of service. the energy and natural resources committee, we are continuing to san $400 billion a year overseas to buy oil. your colleague senator lugar for a long time told us the only way to beat a cartel, sponsored open fuel standard, basically make a competitive market, the move, automobiles, trucks, weath
taking money into nato. there are some in the fighting moments coming read this have to the future of nato and the transatlantic relationship in dealing with this range of issues going all across the south of europe that has a direct effect on them. there's a day of reckoning. i wish i could be more optimistic on it. we all see what the fiscal constraints are in the austerity being proposed. they are going to have to come to the point with some tough decisions to make because the u.s. is not...
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how do you think we are going to be able to keep nato going? what would it take, in your view, to sustain nato and keep it relevant given our budgetary restrictions? >> well, i think an intervening event that poses a threat, um, we saw a little resurgence of nato in the libya situation where clearly the united states was not going to take the lead, was going to supply reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance and a little bit of back up. but it was either nato getting together and going forward or not. that was the threat of, you know, the threat of a destabilized libya, the immigration consequences of that for southern europe, the history with european presence there, that was the precipitating event. but i think it's going to take something similar to that. one issue that i think potentially could be that is the whole situation with iran and the pursuit of nuclear weapons and the fact that europe would be easily within the gun sights of -- and there would be significant consequences for those nation closest to the middle east with a nuclear-
how do you think we are going to be able to keep nato going? what would it take, in your view, to sustain nato and keep it relevant given our budgetary restrictions? >> well, i think an intervening event that poses a threat, um, we saw a little resurgence of nato in the libya situation where clearly the united states was not going to take the lead, was going to supply reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance and a little bit of back up. but it was either nato getting together and going...
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this is simply about providing logistics, intelligence, and refueling to a nato ally and to a regional ally. part of the hesitation on the part of the administration that secretary clinton described to us on the foreign relations committee earlier this week is because we have a legal barrier to providing direct assistance to a country whose military overthrows the civilian government in a coup. so there is some work going on between the department of defense, the state department, and some of us in congress who believe we need to be more actively engaged in mali and in supporting our regional allies, the african militaries, who are sending thousands of troops into mali to support their effort. >> you know, being a young man, i have a number of friends who serve or are serving, and i spoke with one of them a few weeks ago and i asked them how their arabic classes were going, and they told me that they don't take arabic, they take french. do you believe that we could see a day where young men and women come home in boxes from this region? >> well, sadly, luke, we've just seen that day. t
this is simply about providing logistics, intelligence, and refueling to a nato ally and to a regional ally. part of the hesitation on the part of the administration that secretary clinton described to us on the foreign relations committee earlier this week is because we have a legal barrier to providing direct assistance to a country whose military overthrows the civilian government in a coup. so there is some work going on between the department of defense, the state department, and some of...